Welcome
Citrus County, Florida – The Key Training Center, a private nonprofit Florida 501(c) (3) organization, is dedicated to serving adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. Since 1966, the Key Center has offered “Kindness, Love, Dignity, and Respect” to individuals and their families. We offer a myriad of programs and services to meet the social, vocational, residential/housing and advocacy needs of Citrus County and West Central Florida. Funds to support the Center are derived from Voluntary Health Agency Grants and assistance at the Federal, State and Local Government levels... together with private/public contributions.
The Key Center is the only facility of its kind in Citrus County and the surrounding areas providing vitally needed community based services to nearly 300 developmentally disabled adult citizens. The Key Center has served over twelve hundred (1,200) developmentally disabled citizens since its inception in 1966. Program participants are accepted and services are offered regardless of age, race, religion, color, creed, sex, nationality, or ability to pay. The Key Center takes great pride in being viewed as a leader and innovator at the Federal, State and Local level in the delivery of community based services to the developmentally disabled.
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Tennis with a Cause
The Skyview Tennis Club announces their second annual Charity Tennis Tournament. Skyview Tennis Club members are not just out for a good time they are dedicated to helping the community. November 7 and 8 will find dedicated tennis players facing off in their respective divisions and competing for the honor of being tournament champs. All the proceeds from the tournament will be presented to the Key Training Center to provide scholarships to developmentally disabled adults who receive no funding from the State of Florida.
You are invited to take part in this once a year event. The Tournament will take place at the Skyview Tennis Center in Terra Vista off County Road 486 in Hernando. The tennis center features eight high-performance Har-Tru courts, a raised observation deck, and a full-service pro shop. The facility is usually closed to the general public; but, the Skyview Charity Tennis Tournament offers non-members the opportunity to try out and experience these unique clay courts. If you like watching good tennis on TV, this is your opportunity to come out and witness great play in person from the beautiful observation deck.
The tournament will also feature a silent auction with fantastic one-of-a-kind items. They will be on display in the atrium of Skyview Country Club adjoining the tennis courts on Saturday, November 7th. Bidding is open to anyone who wishes to participate. Don’t miss out on this splendid opportunity to do some early holiday shopping. The Skyview Country Club restaurant will be open to non member guests of the tournament on Saturday for lunch.
Thanks to our sponsoring organizations: The Citrus County Chronicle, FDS Disposal, Spires Construction, Stumpknocker’s Restaurant, and WYKE—Key TV. Sponsors for this outstanding event are still being sought. For more information on sponsorships, please contact Tom Slick at 352-270-3250.
To register as a competitor, contact the Citrus Hills Tennis Center at 352-249-1115 or email: tennis@citrushills.com.
IN The News:
Key Training Center opens new thrift store in Crystal River
Submitted by Robby Douglas on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 9:23pm.
Housed in the old Suncoast Furniture store.
The Key Training Center on Thursday opened a new thrift store in Homosassa.
The store is housed in the old Suncoast Furniture, Inc., building at 820 S. Suncoast Boulevard in Homosassa.
The store joins two others, one in Inverness and another in Lecanto.
Thrift stores are used as vocational training opportunities for Key Center consumers in addition to providing needed operating revenue. The thrift stores provide a place to shop that benefits both program participants and the community.
Through a variety of vocational training opportunities, consumers make choices and learn valuable skills and develop positive work habits while earning an income determined appropriate with their abilities and productivity. Consumers receive wages based on their ability, productivity and the prevailing wage for similar jobs (based on time studies).
Thrift store vocational training opportunities include activities associated with retail operations. Consumers gain experience as customer service clerks, cashiers, merchandisers and housekeepers. Job coaches monitor and assist consumers.
Donation Distribution Center vocational training opportunities include activities associated with clothing donations such as sorting, hanging, and folding. Key Center staff helps consumers function in a vocational setting as independently as possible.
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